AND to think all we used to want from a hotel bedroom was a soft pillow and a shower that worked!

IBIS Hotels has launched a new app – Sleep Art – which tracks movements and sounds from your sleep and turns these sensor signals into virtual brush strokes so that when you wake your sleep is a unique work of art. It is fun, easy to use and designed to create a ‘happy sleep’.

To start the app, the user sets the alarm clock and plugs in their iPhone before placing the iPhone on the mattress. The sleeper is woken by Sleep Art’s gentle alarm clock music and discovers the work of art produced by his/her night’s sleep. The art is stored in a virtual gallery so that users can compare each night’s sleep and share with the friends and family via email or Facebook.

The launch coincides with the beginning of National Bed Month before British Summer Time begins (March 31, 2013) and is the latest innovation in sleep technology from the hotel company that brought you the “buttock-shaped plunger test” and the “human roller test”.

The Sleep Art app is available for new generation iPhones and the iOS 5 and 6 operating systems is free to download on iTunes (not just for IBIS guests) via this link.

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